S 2752 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicare Quality Improvement Act

Introduced Jul 18, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor James M. Jeffords I-VT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 18, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJul 18, 2002
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Quality Improvement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for a health care quality demonstration program under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall approve demonstration projects that examine health delivery factors that encourage the delivery of improved quality in patient care. Directs the Secretary to establish within HHS a national steering committee for medical excellence demonstration programs to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding program design, evaluation, and participation criteria.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 18, 2002 to Nov 14, 2002, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-LA	John B. Breaux	Original	Jul 18, 2002
R-NH	Judd Gregg	Original	Jul 18, 2002
D-WI	Russell D. Feingold	Original	Jul 18, 2002
R-TN	William H. Frist	Original	Jul 18, 2002
R-ME	Susan M. Collins		Nov 14, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 18, 2002Introduced in Senate
Jul 18, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 18, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7035)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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